Calling all seniors (65+): Have you had your annual wellness visit?

Prue Salasky

A recently released study shows that only 6.5 percent of seniors have taken advantage of the annual wellness visit now included under Medicare with no deductibles or co-pay. (Almost 70 percent, according to a poll, were unaware of the benefit, which pays doctors three times as much as the average office visit.)

Riverside reports that it has been able to reach 9 percent of its Medicare population for this service, which it promotes for quality of life.